OK, so it’s been about a month and a half since I last posted something. The reason for that is that nothing really happened that I wanted to write about. As I said last time, I was getting quite low on money. So, I started nannying again in the Cairns region, to pay for my car registration, a new tyre, a bit of work on the engine and for my flight tickets. I’m gonna be spending only a few days in Germany and then fly over to Kenya for who knows how long.
The main thing I have been doing in my free time has been exploring the ‘local’ waterholes, waterfalls, rain forests and markets. Some of them are truly amazing, and exploring them with a local’s companionship has been heaps of fun.
The young fellas on those last two photos are called the Geckos. Jarrah (11), Flynn (9) and Calvin (7) are three brothers, living about half an hour outside of Cairns with a passion for music. I met them 2 weeks ago by cuddling their dog, Bella, and instantly got along with them and their parents. In fact, I got along so well with them that I ended up spending a couple of nights at their place while the kids I’m looking after were at their dad’s for the school holidays, helping out as a ‘roady’ when in town.
The Geckos are homeschooled and therefore spend most of their time making music. We ended up having races on surfboards in their creek, playing chess, climbing trees and tree houses and racing around on scooters instead though. It was so much fun, even though I fell into the creek with my regular clothes on.
I’m looking forward to seeing those guys again before flying out of Australia. Nathan, their dad, even agreed on helping me with selling my car, so I guess I’m pretty lucky again to have met them. :)